Objectives: Small & medium scale salt processors are the main defaulters in the production of adequately and uniformly iodized salt. Monitoring of these processors by enforcement agencies is inadequate given the scale and geographic spread of the salt industry. The Government...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/20929
Objectives: Quality control is a process to detect and correct production default from specified standards during actual processing. In salt iodization units, iodized salt samples are collected and tested through iodometric titration, in a laboratory attached to the production un...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/20932
Mohammad Ansari, Jee Hyun Rah, Victor Aguayo, Chandrakant Pandav, Kapil Yadav, Rakesh Kumar, Rajan Sankar, Arijit Chakrabarty & Suvabrata Dey·European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety·2015
Objectives: India was one of the first countries to introduce salt iodization. This presentation reviews the national efforts towards universal salt iodization (USI) in India, documents achievements and progress, and highlights key challenges in programme implementation. Methods:...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/20982